PhoneCopy vs FileCentral for iPhone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhoneCopy
Safely back up and synchronize your contacts, photos, and videos across multiple devices. Access your data anytime from any web browser, ensuring it's always online and secure, even if you lose your phone.
- Contact backup and synchronization
- Photo and video backup
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Real-time web browser access
- Data archiving
- Unlimited synchronization (paid)
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Got a new phone and want to transfer your data from the old one? Ever worried about losing your contacts, photos and videos? PhoneCopy has you covered - back up everything in minutes and access it anytime, from any device. Your data is never sold or used for advertising. Your data stays in Europe. PhoneCopy is an EU-based service, so your privacy is always protected under European law. PHONECOPY ALLOWS YOU TO: - Backup, transfer and restore contacts, photos and videos - Automatic or manual synchronization - Access your data anytime and anywhere from a web browser - Use multiple devices at once - Automatic detection and removal of duplicate contacts - Archiving and restoring of deleted data - Photo galleries to share with friends MULTIPLATFORM PhoneCopy cloud service supports more than 9,000 device models, including iPhone, iPad, Android, KaiOS devices, Mac OS X, Linux, MS Windows, and older Symbian phones. Using our app, you can synchronize data to all these platforms via cloud storage (data support depends on particular platform, though). ALWAYS ONLINE Unlike other backup services or backups to your PC, PhoneCopy is designed as a secure cloud service for instant access anytime, anywhere. Your data is always online and accessible from any device connected to the internet. FREE AND GLOBAL You can sync anytime, anywhere for free*. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection or your regular data plan. EASY MANAGEMENT After logging into your PhoneCopy profile via a web browser, you can see which contacts or media have been successfully synced or changed. If you delete previously backed up contacts or media from your phone, you can easily restore them from your PhoneCopy backup at any time. PHONECOPY GALLERY PhoneCopy Gallery allows you to create galleries from your photos and share them with friends or the whole world. The gallery can either be private and accessible only to certain people, or completely public and listed in our gallery catalogue. CURRENT VERSION NOTES - Only the current photo edit, photo burst representative, or Live Photo still image is synchronized to the cloud. - Only some photo and video formats are supported. - Some features require a premium account. * The FREE service is intended for personal use on up to two devices with a limit of 500 stored contacts and 1 GB of storage for photos and videos. If you have problems with PhoneCopy, please contact our support team at support@phonecopy.com and we will get back to you promptly. You can contact us: www.PhoneCopy.com Email: support@phonecopy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhoneCopy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PhoneCopy Quick guide: https://www.phonecopy.com/pages/how_to_backup_contacts_from_iphone
FileCentral for iPhone
Consolidate all your files from various cloud services and devices into a single, organized location. Seamlessly transfer documents, images, and clipboard content between devices, even without a network connection, using WiFi or Bluetooth.
- Centralized file management
- Cloud service integration
- Cross-device file transfer
- Clipboard sharing
- File viewing, printing, and emailing
- App and folder password protection
- Text file creation and editing
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The ONE Place to Manage Files - Access, Print, Email and Transfer files from Cloud Servers, Other Apps & Devices and your Mac or PC. Transfer your clipboard, images, copied text and files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC with one tap - even without a network. Via WiFi or Bluetooth Manage ALL of your Files in One Place • Combine all of your Cloud Servers together to Transfer Files between them and other devices • iCloud & iCloud Drive, DropBox, Evernote, FTP, Google Drive, OneDrive, ShareFile, SugarSync, WebDAV & More • Share and fetch files from your Mac or PC • Send or fetch files from Other Apps to store centrally • Move files into folders and use the powerful search function to find them again • View, Print, Email and Zip Files • Rename, duplicate and change the file type • Play Video and Audio files • Secure your files with an App Password or Finger Touch ID • Password protect folders • Create and edit text files to store notes and ideas, then share with others, print or copy/paste • Sync your local files with another device via iCloud - seamlessly and automatically Transfer Files and Content to other devices • Add a new printer to your Mac from the available list ("Send to Device @ WePrint") and print any document to your iPhone or iPad as a PDF file • Use the built in Bluetooth or WiFi transfer features to quickly and simply send files to another iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC • Bluetooth transfer is as simple as opening FileCentral - no pairing required • Copy text or an image from a Web Page and send to another device with a single tap • Send a phone number, address, photo or other content quickly to a friend • Copy a web page address and with just one tap, send it to your colleague Share and Transfer your Photos and Image Files • Save your Album Photos as files • Move Image Files to your Photo Album • Move Photos & Image Files to and from your Cloud server, Mac/PC or another iPad/iPhone • Print Photos • Select multiple photos to send via email Add even More Power - Expand to Convert and Edit PDFs and Print to ALL Printers, not just AirPrint
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FileCentral for iPhone at none against PhoneCopy's 2. PhoneCopy's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PhoneCopy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. FileCentral for iPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.
FileCentral for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 180 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of PhoneCopy's written reviews are positive against 91% of FileCentral for iPhone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PhoneCopy ships an update monthly, FileCentral for iPhone every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhoneCopy | FileCentral for iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (75 ratings) | 4.8 (180 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 91.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 | 180 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | e-FRACTAL | EuroSmartz Ltd |
Customer experience
PhoneCopy
FileCentral for iPhone
User reviews
PhoneCopy
From 75 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Indispensable for data backup
- 👍 Easy to use and set up
- 🚀 Fast and efficient contact transfer
- 🚀 Seamless sync between devices
- 👍 Reliable and consistent performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with contact duplication
- 🔒 Concerns about data privacy and security
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with certain device updates
FileCentral for iPhone
From 180 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Well organized and easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient file management
- 📂 Everything in one place
- 🔒 Passcode protection for app and private files
- 🔄 Transfer files to any device
Room to improve
- 🐛 Thumbnails won't load
- 🐛 Hardly ever works
- 🐛 Outdated and no longer maintained
- 🐛 Login and authentication issues
- 🐛 WebDAV not working
Bugs and requests
PhoneCopy
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or freezes after updates
- Sync issues leading to data loss
Requested features
3 requests- Photo and media backup capabilities
- Improved duplicate contact management
- Calendar and other data sync options
FileCentral for iPhone
Reported bugs
5 issues- Thumbnails won't load
- App hardly ever works
- App is outdated
- Minor login and authentication issues
- WebDAV not working at all
Requested features
2 requests- Stronger data security
- Developing encryption clarity
In-app purchases
PhoneCopy
- PhoneCopy PREMIUM 1 GB$24.99
- PhoneCopy PREMIUM 10 GB$49.99
FileCentral for iPhone
No in-app purchases
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